Nehemiah 12:40

40 So both companies of those who gave thanks stood in the house of God, and I and half of the officials with me;

Nehemiah 12:40 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 12:40

So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the
house of God
Having made their procession on the wall in different ways, they met in the temple, that is, in the great court of it, for no other would hold them:

and I, and the half of the rulers with me;
Nehemiah, and the other half with Hoshaiah, ( Nehemiah 12:32 ) .

Nehemiah 12:40 In-Context

38 The other company of those who gave thanks went to the left, and I followed them with half of the people, upon the wall, above the Tower of the Ovens, to the Broad Wall,

39 and above the Gate of E'phraim, and by the Old Gate, and by the Fish Gate and the Tower of Hanan'el and the Tower of the Hundred, to the Sheep Gate; and they came to a halt at the Gate of the Guard.

40 So both companies of those who gave thanks stood in the house of God, and I and half of the officials with me;

41 and the priests Eli'akim, Ma-asei'ah, Mini'amin, Micai'ah, Eli-o-e'nai, Zechari'ah, and Hanani'ah, with trumpets;

42 and Ma-asei'ah, Shemai'ah, Elea'zar, Uzzi, Jehoha'nan, Malchi'jah, Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang with Jezrahi'ah as their leader.